Space in on-campus housing is limited and incoming freshmen are prioritized but not guaranteed housing.  There are many off-campus student apartment complexes surrounding the campus, with features such as individual leases, furnished units, and included utilities.  The office of Neighborhood Relations maintains the Off-Campus Housing Website to help connect students to housing options off-campus.

UCF Students may update their preferred name via myUCF > Student Self Service > Preferred Name.

360° videos take the housing tour experience and make it accessible for everyone. You are able to look all around you: sky, ground, front, and back. This freedom gives you a sense of what it is like to be in person with your guide. You can watch 360° videos using the YouTube mobile app or compatible desktop Chrome browser.

UCF Housing and LiveSomeWhere.com/UCF are happy to announce that you can tour all UCF apartments and residence halls in 360. Available are Libra, Northview, Hercules & Nike, Apollo, Neptune, Lake Claire, Towers, and Rosen. Of course, please stop on by, we’d love to also meet you.

Yes, all UCF residence halls and apartments have internet connections and wireless internet available to students. Additionally, community common areas and lounges have wireless internet. Wired Ethernet ports are located in all bedrooms on campus. Students may not set-up their own wireless routers in their rooms.

Please visit the UCF Dining Services website www.ucfdining.com for more details on dining memberships and how to purchase them.

We have several different security measures that help to make our housing a safe place for you to live:

Resident Assistants are specially selected and trained upperclassmen who live on your floor or in your building. The role of the RA is to be a community facilitator for the students living on campus at UCF. RAs do this through answering your many questions about housing or the University, spending time getting to know you and your interests and by offering planned events and activities that are both fun and educational. The RA has information to help solve your housing problems, knows what resources are available to you, and has experience with the academic system here at UCF. The RAs are also responsible for administering and enforcing housing and university policies. If you have any situations or questions, feel free to contact your RA.

Residence Halls and Apartments

Students are responsible for their own cleaning in their residence hall rooms or apartments. All residents are expected to maintain proper cleanliness, including vacuuming, wiping down surfaces, and removing all trash on a regular basis. The housing agreement requires residents to maintain clean and hygienic conditions in residence hall rooms and apartments.

Trash and Recycling

You are responsible for emptying your own trash into the dumpsters or trash compactors. Residents disposing of trash in areas other than designated dumpsters are subject to a $25 fine per occurrence. In an effort to further support the university’s commitment to the environment, UCF offers recycling within all residential communities. Residents are encouraged to participate in our recycling program.

Note: During move out and move in additional dumpsters and compactors will be brought in to assist with discarded boxes, etc.

Florida’s hurricane season lasts from June 1st through November 30th, and UCF’s hurricane policies and procedures are summarized below.

The National Hurricane Center warns that some part of Florida is threatened by a hurricane or tropical storm each year, and the center provides information about hurricanes and other severe weather at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/. During any threatening weather, UCF’s Office of Emergency Management monitors this site and sends official weather reports to all vice presidents, deans, regional campus directors, and to UCF President.

If a serious storm or hurricane threatens our region, the Governor and UCF President have the authority to cancel classes or close campuses, and they do so in consultation with other area colleges, school districts, and government offices. If they cancel classes or close the university, UCF News and Information will disseminate details to local TV and radio outlets, including WUCF radio 89.9 FM, and they will post this information on the UCF home page at http://www.ucf.edu. Additionally, a list of other media outlets and hurricane resources is available at http://emergency.ucf.edu/hurricanes.html.

When it is necessary – as it was during Hurricanes Charley, Frances, and Jeanne in 2004 – UCF enacts its Emergency Plan, coordinated by William Merck, Vice President for Administration and Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Storm closings typically require UCF to open campus shelters for resident students, essential-operations staff members, and their families. Jeff Morgan, Director of Emergency Management, will establish an Emergency Operations Center to coordinate mission critical services such as security, utilities, dining services, and shelter support. Details of our Emergency Plan are posted on the Office of Emergency Management Website at http://emergency.ucf.edu/plans.html. Updates about information for residents will be on the front page of the UCF Housing and Residence Life website.

While we hope to escape hurricanes this season, we are wise to prepare well and to educate ourselves in case an emergency occurs. Please do your part to keep the UCF community safe.

Refer to the Community Living Guide for more information.